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Offline Pinski

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Holiday Ham tips?
« on: December 14, 2011, 11:39:52 pm »
A friend of mine produces some wonderful locally grown, hazelnut fed hams. I've never prepared a ham before but I was fortunate to pick up a 7.5 lb. boneless this year.  I've seen many a mouthwatering display of culinary prowess on this forum so I was hoping some of you might offer some suggestions on how you would prepare this beauty for family and friends.  I don't have access to a nice smoker so it will have to be oven baked.  At this point I'm leaning towards using a turkey pan with a rack, orange juice beneath the rack, pineapple rings pinned to the sides and apples in the open space. Baked until it hits 140*F internally and rested 15 minutes. Thoughts?  Anyone ever done a honey-baked ham? I'd love to hear some ideas. Thanks!   
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Offline The Professor

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Re: Holiday Ham tips?
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2011, 02:49:25 pm »
Is the 'ham' you're going to cook cured or fresh?

If it's cured, I think you're on the right track (although make sure you don't use fresh pineapple...it will turn the meat to mush wherever it makes contact; canned pineapple won't present such issues).

If the ham is fresh, I think I'd probably just stud it liberally with garlic and roast it simply and very slowly.   
Roasted fresh pork is one of my favorite things...in reality, it's probably the ONLY thing that ever kept me from going vegetarian.
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Re: Holiday Ham tips?
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2011, 12:51:20 am »
Yeah there's two paths here. But roasted sounds good. I'd hate to lose that hazelnut essence by covering it up. Salt and pepper baby. Maybe some rosemary and garlic studded about the roast.

Alton Brown has a great recipe.
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